Browse past news stories for El Dorado High School in Placentia, CA.

• Esperanza inspires with its play on living for each day (Orange County Register)
  posted on November 18, 2009 at 12:32:25 am
  A touching, heartwarming story of courage and perseverance, "John Lennon and Me," took the audience into the mind of Stella Grubner, a fiery 13-year-old girl living with cystic fibrosis. This account provided an empowering lesson of overcoming fear...
• Donna Reed Festival instructor elected to theater association board (Denison Bulletin & Review)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 04:07:40 pm
  Longtime educator Gai Jones, who was an instructor at the Donna Reed Festival in 2007 and 2008, has been elected to the Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) Board of Directors. The position carries a three-year term, beginning on August 1, 2010 and running through July 31, 2013.
• Cut steel, build houses, create aircraft parts, produce movies (Yorba Linda Star)
  posted on October 6, 2009 at 10:09:00 pm
  PYLUSD high schools focus on different disciplines to prepare students for industry.
• CAMPUS: And the bands played on… (Yorba Linda Star)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 02:09:00 pm
  Corinne Griffiths, a retired sixth-grade teacher from the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District, covers our students' accomplishments.
• Freshman is a 14U finalist (The Signal)
  posted on October 5, 2009 at 12:07:54 pm
  Valencia High has been home to some elite-level baseball players recently. There’s another one on the way. Freshman A.J. Balta will participate in the final tryouts for the United States’ 14U national team from Oct. 10-14 in Miami. “It really gives me a lot of confidence coming into high school because I know I’ve been playing with the best,” he said. The process began in mid-September, when the ...
• Reality star Payne dances her way to 'Fame' (San Francisco Chronicle)
  posted on September 20, 2009 at 07:34:33 am
  Bubbly and unpretentious, Kherington Payne comes across as exactly the same fresh-faced girl who charmed fans of the reality show "So You Think You Can Dance" with her exhilarating Viennese waltz, spitfire krumping and, of course, the impassioned Mia Michaels...
• El Dorado student aces SAT exam (Yorba Linda Star)
  posted on July 4, 2009 at 10:13:51 am
  Junior scores a perfect 2400; joining just 50 in the state.
• [Summer Guide] Elliott Almond Brings an OC Native's Eye to His How-to Book About Surfing (OC Weekly)
  posted on June 4, 2009 at 09:48:44 pm
  Meet the Wave Master Elliott Almond brings a storytelling flair and an Orange County perspective to his new instructional book about surfing After writing and editing stints at Placentia’s El Dorado High School El Gavilan , the Fullerton Tribune an...
• Hemet High dance team wins again — and again (The Valley Chronicle)
  posted on May 15, 2009 at 03:40:16 pm
  Courtesy Photo FIRST-PLACE SMILES: Hemet High School’s dance team performs a dance drill number at a competition at Mater Dei High School in Santa Ana in December. The team took home first place.
• Students arrested in $25,000 vandalism attack at school (Orange County Register)
  posted on May 6, 2009 at 01:12:17 am
  Two 16-year-old boys tossed a Port-a-potty and couch acquired off Criagslist into school pool.
• El Dorado boosters raise reward after vandals hit ball field (Orange County Register)
  posted on May 1, 2009 at 10:57:35 pm
  Police believe vandalism was done by students, detective said.
• Fullerton Union strikes a deal with the devil (Orange County Register)
  posted on March 24, 2009 at 11:54:19 pm
  Cappies review: Damn Yankees
• Pacifica successfully overcomes last-minute casting changes (Orange County Register)
  posted on March 12, 2009 at 11:59:01 pm
  Cappies review: Honk! The Musical